The New Mexico Spaceport Authority Board of Directors reviewed plans to design, build and program the Spaceport America Visitor Experience.

The plan includes two off-site welcome centers in Hatch and Truth or Consequences, plus an on-site visitors center and specially developed behind-the-scenes tours as well as the chance to visit the Virgin Galactic Gateway to Space.

The experience will be an immersion into the world's first purpose-built, commercial spaceport. Guests will be invited to explore the history, adventure, potential and inspiration of both the last and next space-age. Officials project attendance will grow to more than 200,000 visitors annually.